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Weir, Julian Alden

(Encyclopedia) Weir, Julian AldenWeir, Julian Aldenwēr [key], 1852–1919, b. West Point, N.Y., American painter. He studied with his father Robert Walter Weir, a landscape painter of the Hudson River…

William Robert WEBB, Congress, TN (1842-1926)

Senate Years of Service: 1913-1913 Party: Democrat WEBB William Robert , a Senator from Tennessee; born near Mount Tirzah, Person County, N.C., November 11, 1842; attended private schools and was…

MANN, James Robert, Congress, IL (1856-1922)

MANN James Robert , a Representative from Illinois; born near Bloomington, McLean County, Ill., on October 20, 1856; attended the public schools; was graduated from the University of Illinois at…

Robert Gordon COUSINS, Congress, IA (1859-1933)

COUSINS Robert Gordon , a Representative from Iowa; born on a farm, ``Indian Lodge,'' near Tipton, Cedar County, Iowa, January 31, 1859; attended the common schools, and was graduated from Cornell…

Dulles, John Foster

(Encyclopedia) Dulles, John FosterDulles, John Fosterdŭlˈəs [key], 1888–1959, U.S. secretary of state (1953–59), b. Washington, D.C.; brother of Allen Dulles, grandson of John Watson Foster,…

James, Jesse

(Encyclopedia) James, Jesse (Woodson), 1847–82, American outlaw, b. Clay co., Mo. At the age of 15 he joined the Confederate guerrilla band led by William Quantrill and participated in the brutal and…

Jaspers, Karl

(Encyclopedia) Jaspers, KarlJaspers, Karlkärl yäsˈpərs [key], 1883–1969, German philosopher and psychopathologist, b. Oldenburg. After receiving his medical degree (1909) he became (1914) lecturer in…

Livingston

(Encyclopedia) Livingston, family of American statesmen, diplomats, and jurists. Edward Livingston,Edward Livingston, 1764–1836, b. Livingston Manor, was the son of Robert R. Livingston (1718–75)…